Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Smith v. Henderson 190 Ga. 886 1940 1 Georgia
Welch v. State 63 Ga. App. 277 1940 1 Georgia
Cone v. Benjamin 142 Fla. 604 1940 1 Florida
Wright v. Thompson 190 Ga. 173 1940 1 Georgia
Lloyd Adams Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance 190 Ga. 633 1940 1 Georgia
Somers v. Spaulding 229 Iowa 432 1940 1 Iowa
Buxton v. Acadian Production Corp. 35 F. Supp. 543 1940 1 United States
In re Talbot Canning Corp. 35 F. Supp. 680 1940 1 United States
Bedell v. Lassiter 143 Fla. 43 1940 1 Florida
Chitwood v. Collins 122 W. Va. 267 1940 1 West Virginia
McCune v. Rhodes-Rhyne Manufacturing Co. 217 N.C. 351 1940 1 North Carolina
State v. Peyton 194 La. 681 1940 1 Louisiana
Edwards v. McLawhorn 218 N.C. 543 1940 1 North Carolina
Barnett v. D. O. Martin Co. 191 Ga. 11 1940 1 Georgia
Sanns v. Chapman 144 S.W.2d 341 1940 1 Texas
Davis v. First Nat. Bank of Waco 145 S.W.2d 707 1940 1 Texas
Kountze v. Smith 135 Tex. 543 1940 1 Texas
Northcott v. Texarkana Nat. Bank 142 S.W.2d 535 1940 1 Texas
Pottinger v. Southwestern Life Ins. Co. 138 S.W.2d 645 1940 1 Texas
Rio Bravo Oil Co. v. Staley Oil Co. 138 S.W.2d 838 1940 1 Texas